News Briefs

Through Feb. 15, all Reading Language Arts (RLA) teachers for grades K–8 can vote on the instructional materials they think the district should purchase. This voting process only happens once in every 10 years, so all K-8 RLA teachers are encouraged to vote. Go here to learn more and click the link to vote by the Feb. 15 deadline.

The Mock Trial team from the Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet took first at the recent 2019 Dallas Regional Mock Trial competition. The Law Magnet advances to the state competition with teams from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and Skyline High School. Twenty-six high schools participated in the Dallas Regional Mock Trial competition. The state contest is set for Feb. 28-March 2 at the George Allen Court House in Dallas. Sponsored by the Dallas Bar Association and the Dallas ISD Social Studies Department, Mock Trial gives participating students basic knowledge of the law, legal…

Geneva Heights Elementary School recently kicked off its second annual Reading Challenge with Room to Read during a special IB Literacy Night event. Students and families visited the school at the evening event in their pajamas and were read to by volunteers. Students are challenged to read or be read to for at least 20 minutes every night in February. If students accomplish the goal – representing 3,500 hours of reading schoolwide – a donation of $2,500 will be made in the school’s name to Room to Read. Students met the goal last year and are expected to reach…

Volunteers are needed to support the annual Dallas ISD African American READ-IN—a project of trustees Joyce Foreman, Justin Henry and Lew Blackburn and the district’s Office of Racial Equity. The goal is to promote a love of reading, celebrate cultures and support diverse learners in grades K-5. Volunteers are needed to help with registration, arrival and departure of students, serving breakfast and lunch, crowd control and workshop facilitation. African American READ-IN 2019 Poetry and Literature in Motion Sat., Feb. 9, 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Justin F. Kimball High School 3606 S. Westmoreland Road Dallas, Texas 75233 Volunteers are needed…